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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Besides these two interpretations, I shall add, for a close, two more, which may further illustrate the meaning of this laughter ascribed to God, at the trial of the innocent. First, or
1Besides these two interpretations, I shall adde, for a close, two more, which may further illustrate the meaning of this laughter ascribed to God, at the triall of the innocent. First, or
- 1Prudens futuri temporis exitū Caliginosa nocte premit Deus. Ridetque si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat, &c. Horat l 3. Car Od. 29.Prudens futuri temporis exitū Caliginosa nocte premit Deus. Ridetque si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat, &c. Horat l 3. Car Od. 29.
Thirdly, He laughs at the fears and sad fore-casts of his people, who not being able to look through second causes, and see the ends of things in their beginnings; presently judge all's lost, the Church must be ruined, and the Saints undone, because thus tried. Now God knowing the end of all actions, not only at their beginning, but from the beginning (yea, from eternity) he looking through the blackest clouds and darkest nights, upon the issues of all things, derides the simple conjectures of men about them. The very Heathens have given us such a notion of God in laughter. Secondly, or
Thirdly, He laughs at the fears and sad fore-casts of his people, who not being able to look thorow second causes, and see the ends of things in their beginnings; presently judge all's lost, the Church must be ruin'd, and the Saints undone, because thus tried. Now God knowing the end of all actions, not only at their beginning, but from the beginning (yea, from eternity) he looking thorow the blackest clouds and darkest nights, upon the issues of all things, derides the simple conjectures of men about them. The very Heathens have given us such a notion of God in laughter. Secondly, or